Research in Caen
Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Caen, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Normandie Université, Université de Caen Normandie and École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen.
- Research institutions
- 29 13 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 32k ▲ 19% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 10.8% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Caen?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
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What is Caen strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Caen is most concentrated in Classics, History and History and Philosophy of Science (16.6× the world share in Classics).
- ClassicsSubfield · 54.9 works17×
- HistorySubfield · 135.4 works7.6×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 59.7 works7.0×
- ArcheologySubfield · 94.7 works5.7×
- AnthropologySubfield · 87.8 works5.6×
- RadiationSubfield · 33.1 works4.3×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 26.5 works4.2×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Caen?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Citizen Participation, Environmental Participation and Proximity and Innovation.
- Participative Evaluation
- Universal Health Coverage
- Cooperatives
- Healthcare Policy
- Institutionalization
- Digital Health
- Citizenship
- Healthcare Legislation
- Public Action
- Educational Policies
- Medical Ethics
- Historical Narratives
- Palliative Care
- Colonialism
- Environmental Participation
- Gender Studies
- History
- Mental Health
- Public Policy
- Territorial Governance
- Community Engagement
- Local Development
- Social Justice
- Gender
- Catalysis
- Citizen Participation
- Proximity and Innovation
- Religion
- Social Determinants of Health
- Psychological Trauma
- Ethnographic Research
- Professional Practices
- End-of-Life Care
- Patient Rights
- Social Innovation
- Healthcare Management
- Healthcare Quality Indicators
- Frequency Conversion
- Inequalities
- Solidarity Economy
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Community Engagement155▲ 8.4×14 topics
- Territorial Governance150▲ 22×4 topics
- Local Development149▲ 23×2 topics
- Public Policy137▲ 5.0×16 topics
- Social Justice127▲ 3.9×27 topics
- Mental Health125▲ 1.53×36 topics
- Gender118▲ 3.9×37 topics
- History113▲ 2.9×47 topics
- Catalysis107▲ 2.9×27 topics
- Gender Studies102▲ 12×9 topics
- Citizen Participation97▲ 14×2 topics
- Environmental Participation96▲ 22×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation96▲ 22×1 topic
- Colonialism96▲ 3.6×36 topics
- Religion94▲ 3.6×25 topics
- Palliative Care89▲ 9.9×6 topics
- Social Determinants of Health79▲ 6.3×5 topics
- Historical Narratives63▲ 20×3 topics
- Psychological Trauma63▲ 17×2 topics
- Medical Ethics61▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Ethnographic Research61▲ 20×3 topics
- Educational Policies60▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Professional Practices60▲ 28×1 topic
- Public Action60▲ 28×1 topic
- End-of-Life Care60▲ 9.0×2 topics
- Healthcare Legislation60▲ 18×1 topic
- Patient Rights60▲ 14×1 topic
- Citizenship58▲ 8.7×7 topics
- Social Innovation58▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Digital Health56▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Healthcare Management55▲ 12×3 topics
- Institutionalization55▲ 11×4 topics
- Healthcare Quality Indicators54▲ 16×2 topics
- Healthcare Policy54▲ 10×2 topics
- Frequency Conversion54▲ 24×3 topics
- Cooperatives54▲ 12×3 topics
- Inequalities54▲ 28×1 topic
- Universal Health Coverage54▲ 28×1 topic
- Solidarity Economy53▲ 15×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation53▲ 27×1 topic
What research is done in Caen?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 96 works
- 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 60 works
- 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 60 works
- 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 54 works
- 5 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 53 works
- 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 52 works
- 7 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 38 works
- 8 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 33 works
- 9 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
- 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 32 works
Research output over time
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